These girls are Changing the world.
Educating girls changes everything and the future depends on them. Your gift today will create a ripple effect felt for generations to come.
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Our school was founded to enable Rwanda’s young women to reach their full potential, becoming the future scientists, entrepreneurs, advocates, and thought leaders that the world needs.
Our School
We are Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology, an all-girls secondary boarding school in Rwanda. Immediately following the tragic 1994 genocide, Rwanda’s population was 70% female. The country’s leadership recognized that the future of the nation was dependent on creating true gender equity. Our school, the Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology, was founded to enable young women to reach their full potential — and as a result, transform Rwanda and change the world.
Our School
We are Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology, an all-girls secondary boarding school in Rwanda. Immediately following the tragic 1994 genocide, Rwanda’s population was 70% female. The country’s leadership recognized that the future of the nation was dependent on creating true gender equity. Our school, the Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology, was founded to enable young women to reach their full potential — and as a result, transform Rwanda and change the world.
the impact
Investing in girls’ education, especially secondary education, is one of the most powerful levers one can pull to spark systemic change. Girls' education promotes economic development, fosters peace, and reduces societal inequalities. We know it’s important to get girls into the classroom. We want to get them into the boardroom, too — and the operating room, the laboratory, and the capitol.
We envision a world with these talented women at the helm, leading us into a brighter, more equitable future. Will you help us make that happen?
100%
The percentage of Ivy League schools that have had the pleasure of enrolling a Gashora graduate
95%
The percentage of Gashora Girls that matriculate to college (compared to 3% of girls in Rwanda)
30
The number of nations where Gashora Girls are studying at university
She Will Rise
“I have many BIG DREAMS, like eradicating Tuberculosis and HIV, but my biggest dream is that the 62 million girls around the world who are without an education find their own Gashora.”
— Yvonne, Gashora Girls Academy Class of 2013, Harvard University Class of 2018
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Our Story
THE CHALLENGES WE FACE ARE RELENTLESS. THE GOOD NEWS IS, SO ARE WE.
Meet the Gashora Girls
